NYT: Fragmented Psyches, Uncomfortable Emotions: Sing Out!
April 16, 2009
THEATER REVIEW | 'NEXT TO NORMAL'
Fragmented Psyches, Uncomfortable Emotions: Sing Out!
By BEN BRANTLEY
No show on Broadway right now makes as direct a grab for the heart — or wrings it as thoroughly — as “Next to Normal” does. This brave, breathtaking musical, which opened Wednesday night at the Booth Theater, focuses squarely on the pain that cripples the members of a suburban family, and never for a minute does it let you escape the anguish at the core of their lives.
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THEATER REVIEW | 'NEXT TO NORMAL'
Fragmented Psyches, Uncomfortable Emotions: Sing Out!
By BEN BRANTLEY
No show on Broadway right now makes as direct a grab for the heart — or wrings it as thoroughly — as “Next to Normal” does. This brave, breathtaking musical, which opened Wednesday night at the Booth Theater, focuses squarely on the pain that cripples the members of a suburban family, and never for a minute does it let you escape the anguish at the core of their lives.
( Read more... )